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Statewide Data Info
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California

January 1987 Average Temperature Rankings

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PeriodValue
1901-2000
Mean
AnomalyRank
(1895-2025)
Coolest/Warmest
Since
Record
January 1987
1-Month
41.4°F
(5.2°C)
42.3°F
(5.7°C)
-0.9°F35th Coolest
Coolest since:
1937
97th Warmest
Warmest since:
2014
Ties: 1915
Dec 1986–Jan 1987
2-Month
42.8°F
(6.0°C)
42.7°F
(5.9°C)
0.1°F53rd Coolest
Coolest since:
1949
78th Warmest
Warmest since:
2018
Nov 1986–Jan 1987
3-Month
45.7°F
(7.6°C)
45.0°F
(7.2°C)
0.7°F77th Coolest
Coolest since:
1949
54th Warmest
Warmest since:
2018
Ties: 1976
Oct 1986–Jan 1987
4-Month
49.1°F
(9.5°C)
48.6°F
(9.2°C)
0.5°F72nd Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
59th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1904, 1914, 1968
Sep 1986–Jan 1987
5-Month
52.0°F
(11.1°C)
52.6°F
(11.4°C)
-0.6°F35th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
96th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1933, 1957
Aug 1986–Jan 1987
6-Month
56.0°F
(13.3°C)
56.1°F
(13.4°C)
-0.1°F51st Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
80th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Ties: 1899, 1971
Jul 1986–Jan 1987
7-Month
58.4°F
(14.7°C)
58.8°F
(14.9°C)
-0.4°F42nd Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
89th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015, 2018, 2025
Ties: 1909, 1962, 1974
Jun 1986–Jan 1987
8-Month
60.0°F
(15.6°C)
60.0°F
(15.6°C)
0.0°F51st Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
80th Warmest
Warmest since:
2025
Ties: 1911, 1923, 1954, 1958, 1974
May 1986–Jan 1987
9-Month
60.2°F
(15.7°C)
60.0°F
(15.6°C)
0.2°F61st Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
70th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015, 2025
Ties: 1943, 1956
Apr 1986–Jan 1987
10-Month
59.7°F
(15.4°C)
59.4°F
(15.2°C)
0.3°F70th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
61st Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Mar 1986–Jan 1987
11-Month
59.1°F
(15.1°C)
58.5°F
(14.7°C)
0.6°F82nd Coolest
Coolest since:
1949
49th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1970, 1986
Feb 1986–Jan 1987
12-Month
58.3°F
(14.6°C)
57.4°F
(14.1°C)
0.9°F93rd Coolest
Coolest since:
1949
38th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Aug 1985–Jan 1987
18-Month
57.4°F
(14.1°C)
56.9°F
(13.8°C)
0.5°F77th Coolest
Coolest since:
1913
53rd Warmest
Warmest since:
2016, 2022
Ties: 1939, 1944
Feb 1985–Jan 1987
24-Month
58.1°F
(14.5°C)
57.4°F
(14.1°C)
0.7°F89th Coolest
Coolest since:
1913
41st Warmest
Warmest since:
2016
Feb 1984–Jan 1987
36-Month
58.0°F
(14.4°C)
57.4°F
(14.1°C)
0.6°F87th Coolest
Coolest since:
1914
42nd Warmest
Warmest since:
2016, 2017
Feb 1983–Jan 1987
48-Month
57.9°F
(14.4°C)
57.3°F
(14.1°C)
0.6°F84th Coolest
Coolest since:
1913
44th Warmest
Warmest since:
2018
Ties: 1935, 1940, 1960, 1963, 1981, 1983
Feb 1982–Jan 1987
60-Month
57.7°F
(14.3°C)
57.3°F
(14.1°C)
0.4°F73rd Coolest
Coolest since:
1913
54th Warmest
Warmest since:
2018, 2019
Ties: 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1960, 1971

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